audience

一、真题好句
audience 高中必修500 全国卷频次:25 教材出处:译林版必修B2U1
/ˈɔːdiəns/ /ˈɑːdiəns/
n. audiences 0
受众；观众；听众；读者
高考真题原句提选：
The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time.
Present in the audience that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.
It’s partly true that Dickens’ style of writing attracted audiences.

二、词组｜习惯用语
target audience 目标受众；目标观众；目标客户
audience rating n. 收视率；视听率
mass audience 大众受众
captive audience 受制而走不开的听众或观众
audience share 收视率；受众份额

三、词根记忆

audience
n.
聽眾,觀眾,讀者;見面,會見The one-eyed man obeyed the obedient audience’s order.獨眼人服從了順從的聽眾的命令.
聽眾;觀眾(audi+ence表名詞→聽的人→聽眾)[audi,audit=hear,表示”聽”]

audi·ence / 5C:diEns /
noun
1. [C + sing. / pl. v.] the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth (a play, concert, sb speaking, etc.)
(戏剧、音乐会或演讲等的)观众,听众:
The audience was / were clapping for 10 minutes.
观众鼓掌 10 分钟。
an audience of 10 000
1 万名观众
The debate was televised in front of a live audience.
这场辩论当着现场观众的面进行电视转播。
2. [C] a number of people or a particular group of people who watch, read or listen to the same thing
(同一事物的)观众,读者,听众:
An audience of millions watched the wedding on TV.
几百万观众在电视上观看了婚礼。
TV / cinema / movie audiences
电视/电影院/电影观众
His book reached an even wider audience when it was made into a movie.
他的书被搬上银幕后赢得了更广大的观众。
The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers.
这个广告的对象主要是十几岁的青少年观众。
⇨ note at witness
3. [C] a formal meeting with an important person
(与要人的)会见；觐见；进见:
an audience with the Pope
觐见教宗
⇨ note at interview

audience /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
1  [countable] a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public 观众；听众
The audience began clapping and cheering.
观众开始鼓掌欢呼。
audience of
an audience of 250 business people
250名商界人士组成的观众
One member of the audience described the opera as ‘boring’.
有一名观众说这出歌剧“乏味”。
→ See picture of 见图 audience
2  [countable also + plural verb] British English the people who watch or listen to a particular programme, or who see or hear a particular artist’s, writer’s etc work 〔某节目的〕观众，听众；〔画家、作家等作品的〕观赏者，读者
The show attracts a regular audience of about 20 million.
这个节目吸引了大约两千万固定观众收看。
target audience (=the type of people that a programme, advertisement etc is supposed to attract) 〔节目、广告等的〕目标受众，目标对象
Goya was one of the first painters to look for a wider audience for his work.
戈雅是最早为自己的作品寻找更多观赏者的画家之一。
The book is not intended for a purely academic audience.
本书不是面向纯学术读者的。
3  [countable] a formal meeting with a very important person 谒见，觐见，正式拜会
audience with
He was granted an audience with the Pope.
他获准觐见教皇。
Origin audience (1300-1400) French Latin audientia “hearing”, from audire; → AUDIO

audience ★★★★☆
1.N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词观众；听众 The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
The entire audience broke into loud applause…

全场观众爆发出热烈的掌声。

He was speaking to an audience of students at the Institute for International Affairs.

他在国际事务学院给学生们作演讲。

2.N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词See also:studio audience;（电视或广播节目的）观众，听众 The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.

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The concert will be relayed to a worldwide television audience estimated at one thousand million.

这场音乐会将向全球约10亿电视观众转播。

3.N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词读者 The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.

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Say’s writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime…

在塞伊有生之年，他的作品拥有大量的读者。

She began to find a receptive audience for her work.

她开始为作品寻找知音。

4.N-COUNT 可数名词（与要人的）接见，会见，拜见 If you have an audience with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.

【搭配模式】：usu sing
The Prime Minister will seek an audience with the Queen later this morning.

今天上午晚些时候首相将会觐见女王陛下。

audience /ˈɑːdijəns/ noun
plural audiences [count] 1
: a group of people who gather together to listen to something (such as a concert) or watch something (such as a movie or play) : the people who attend a performance（音乐会等的）听众；（电影、戏剧等的）观众
The concert attracted a large audience.
（这场）音乐会吸引了一大批听众。
The audience clapped and cheered.
观众鼓掌欢呼。
an audience member = a member of the audience
观众之一
2
: the people who watch, read, or listen to something观众；读者；听众
The film is intended for a young audience. [=is intended for young viewers] 这部电影是为年轻观众制作的。
Her books have reached an audience of millions. [=have been read by millions of people] 她的书已有数百万读者。
Her audience is made up mostly of young women.
她的读者大部分是年轻女性。
3
: a formal meeting with an important person觐见；谒见；正式会见 — usually singular通常用单数
They were granted an audience with the Pope.
他们获准觐见教皇。